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20 Jun 2022
INDIANOLA, Iowa (DTN) -- Major milestones in your farming career can get your heart pumping with excitement -- starting young with driving a tractor by yourself for the first time, coming back to the farm as an adult, selling grain on your own, buying your first farm. As you near retirement age, however, the next milestone is often approached with ...
20 Jun 2022
Rail worker unions recently said "no" to railroad contract proposals after three weeks of mediation following more than two years of "fruitless negotiations" with the National Carriers' Conference Committee, which represents Union Pacific, BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Kansas City Southern and other railroads. The contract talks involve approximatel...
20 Jun 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- For a third consecutive year, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown declared a drought emergency in Klamath County on June 14, as extremely dry conditions continue to threaten the livelihoods of farmers, ranchers, tribes and communities. To say that water is a big deal in the West is an understatement. So, when the Biden administration set ...
20 Jun 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- As President Joe Biden was signing the Ocean Shipping Reform Act into law Thursday, a group of executives from across the agricultural spectrum spoke about the various bottleneck and stress points in the supply chain that continue to plague the sector from the farm to the ocean carrier. The various challenges of labor in r...
17 Jun 2022
ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- Corn foliar diseases such as southern corn rust and tar spot may be more problematic this year. Agronomy and plant disease specialists urge farmers to stay vigilant, scouting for the potential yield-robbing pathogens, and be ready to protect crops. Alison Robertson, Iowa State University Extension plant pathologist, said later...